Catlin, Turk and two other women drove to a north Birmingham gas station. Allen called to suggest meeting at a nearby home.

Catlin and the others refused, thinking it was a set-up, Bender told jurors. They parked in a lot in the 100 block of 37th Avenue West.

Smith repeatedly drove by the lot, then back to the house where Allen was, testimony showed. Turk testified she nervously pulled out a pistol she carried for protection, for which she had a gun permit.

On the last trip, Smith drove by and called the women names, lurched into the lot, and profanely told the women to get out of their car, testimony showed.

Smith's boyfriend, Cameron Marshall, testified that Catlin got out and slapped Smith through the window. He said he saw Turk's gun and tried to drive off, steering from the passenger seat, when she fired.

Catlin, Turk and another friend, Ta'sha Taylor, testified that Catlin and Smith both were fighting when the car began to drive off, dragging Catlin. Both Catlin and Taylor testified Marshall reached under the seat, saying he would shoot Catlin.

Turk testified she didn't hear Marshall say anything, but said she fired the single shot after seeing him reach under the seat and coming up with something in his hand.

"I was not sure if it was a gun or not," she testified, saying she fired "to keep myself from being killed."